00 HOUSE BILL NO. 324                                                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to liens for municipal assessments for certain utility                                                 
02 improvements."                                                                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 29.10.200 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
05   (54)  AS 29.46.080(d)  (limitation on assessment liens).                                                             
06    * Sec. 2.  AS 29.46.080(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
07  (c)  Except as provided in (d) of this section, assessments  [ASSESSMENTS]                                          
08 are liens on the property assessed and are prior and paramount to all liens except                                      
09 municipal tax liens.  They may be enforced as provided in AS 29.45.320 - 29.45.470                                      
10 for enforcement of property tax liens.                                                                                  
11    * Sec. 3.  AS 29.46.080 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
12  (d)  A  municipality may not, under (c) of this section, place a lien on the                                          
13 property assessed for utility improvements unless the utility service is provided by a                                  
14 municipally owned utility or an organization, including a cooperative, that requires                                    
01 membership as a condition of obtaining utility service from the organization.  This                                     
02 subsection applies to home rule and general law municipalities.